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S Consul d Party by Canton Soldiers Is Related 23 Americans Faced Constant Constant Con Con- stant Sniping in Dash Das for Saftey March 26 Ar- Ar Harrowing tales of escapes s f m death at the hands of lawless bestial bestial bes- bes Cantonese soldiers inflamed against foreigners were today to- to day by Nanki g refugees arriving at Shanghai Shanghai n the steamers wo and Wench ow The number of refugees brought hy by these steamers totaled Mrs John 1 K Davis wife of the United States consul was still shaken shak- shak en by the ordeal She told at atthe f the flight of Americans Including herself her her- self her two children from the consulate where the CantonEse threatened to kill all foreigners Mrs Davis and her children arrived ar- ar rived with nothing save the clothes rothes on their backs She displayed a bottle of cough syrup given to io her herby herby by an officer on the Kung wo sayIng say say- lag Ing Heres my baggage 23 AMERICANS GATHERED On Thursday morning abe he related ed ed twenty three Americans gath ath ered at the she consulate and Mr 11 Davis and their two children Vice Consul Paxton six missionary men a marine officer and eleven The latter h had d come ashore from the destroYer Non Tuesday to guard the consult J Mr 11 Davis Davis- ordered he marines to put away their arms as he did not want the Cantonese to find an armed guard as It night provoke an an attack lIe He also sent to Americans concentrated at university not flOt to try to oppose the soldiers since it mIght mean deatti deat At 10 a a. a ni m. Thursday word was received that the Canton Cantonese ge troops had begun looting then it was reported that the British and Japanese Japanese Jap- Jap anese consuls had been killed JellIed and tIme the consulates looted Mr Davis ordered the men to resume theIr Continued on page 5 V. V Attack on U. U S. S Consul and Party by Canton Soldiers ls Is Related Continued from page 1 arms and the party started for So- So cony hill which had ben been dEsignated ed as the concentration poInt with the Stars and Stripes at the head Hardly had the party left the consulate when soldIers In nationalIst national national- unIforms fired on them They kept up a constant sniping from flom alleys alleys al- al leys during the two miles to the plant The Davis children and a girl named Shannon aged 11 and a boy named Spencer au ed 6 bravely walked the entire distance without a whimper Mrs Davis Davis' voIce trembled with pride as she related this portion of the ture She said she reached Soony hill thoroughly exhausted the men had to help her hel along The sniping grew heavIer until when a half mile I from the hili 1111 they were almost surrounded surrounded sur- sur rounded There they took refuge temporarily In n a bamboo grove Three soldiers who followed fifty yards ards to the rear fired and hit Private IrI I vate Plumley In n the back lie Ill fell feU but gamely returned the lire killing two of his assailants The others fled The party part ran the rest of the way and gaIned the station lion where several and Americans Americans Ameri- Ameri cans had already assembled Women Wo- Wo men and children were sent nr stairs as the men prepared for defense Other groups of refugees arrIved early in the afternoon brInging the total to more than fifty Soldiers in In nationalist unIforms coming coming com com- ing to the house n large groups demanding demanding de- de manding money and threatening to kill all within This occurred several times time Mr Davis and Earl T. T Hobart Standard Stand Stand- ard Oil company manager risked their lives while facing the soldIers soldiers sol sol- dIers and arguing with them In ChI ChI- nese Finally one of the soldiers said to Mr Davis We Ve dont don't want more money We Ve want to kill 1111 well we'll kill Americans French British or oran an any foreIgners FLAG TORN DOWN At 3 o'clock the firIng whIch had kept up through the early afternoon otter after noon became heavier Mr Ir Paxton who had left the party while it was wason wason on the way to hill to seek two nationalist I friends returned with them bearIng bearing bear bear- Ing a flag This seemed to enrage the soldiers who tore down the flag and began attacking the house in earnest to crowd up the entryway and steps leps The marines were ordered to arm armand armand and prepare to tight fight A the rocket agreed signal asking ask ask- ing the warships for tor was aid sent up Mrs Davis continued The women and were all shut In the bathroom where they lay on the floor hearing the bullets bullets bul- bul lets crashing through windows and whistling overhead meanwhile praying for the ships ships' barrage to be- be gIn The tiring firing of the soldiers became became be- be came heavier and the marines re- re plied It ls l's believed they Inflicted heavy casualties Nevertheless the Cantonese forced an entry and began to ascend ascend as- as the stairs seeking foreign wo- wo men My Iy husband then shouted This is the end Just then the first shells began bEsan bursting around the hill drawing off the attackers We Ve breathed agaIn We seized this chance to escape esca pe Mrs Davis then told how the party climbed down from the see sec and ond stor story using sh sheets ets ropes curtains curtains cur cur- and blankets They hastened to the cIty wall which Is forty feet leet hIgh They climbed the steps on the inside but had to let each other down on the other side bY means of ropes Mr Hobart fell twenty feet and broke an ankle Beyond e ond the wall a moat had to tobe tobe be crossed then two miles across open fIelds Throughout the party was the target for lOl snipers The Th marines aided Private Plumley and Mr Hobart to reach the river where the party obtained sampans and set out In the direction of the ships A British landing party was hailed and they took the refugees aboard the British destroyer Wol- Wol se sey Later they were taken aboard the Emerald where they found Rear Admiral Hough Mr DavIs went into conference with him SHIP BOARDED At 10 o'clock Thursday night Mrs Davis and her children were placed aboard the which sailed earl early Friday mornIng Mr Davis remained at I The and escorted es- es I by the United States Slates destroyer destroyer de- de Preston and the British gunboat Cricket were fired on at I two places along the rIver The warships replied Although the is the largest passenger boat on the Yangtze there were many dIscomforts during the voy- voy age Numbers of women passengers who had been aboard the destroyers Noa and Preston prior to the shellIng shelling shell shell- Ing sailed wIthout news of theIr husbands They feared for the worst as when they sailed from the situation was direful but were much relieved when they ther learned that a majorIty of the foreigners foreigners for for- eigners had been evacuated Among those who have reached Shanghai are Mrs Allen Hutcheson Hutche- Hutche son of Houston Tex wIfe of the superintendent of the university university uni- uni hospital and her three children The Hutcheson party was evacuated evacuated evac- evac early Thursday being taken In a launch la from the bund bond to the NOll Noa under fire from both sides of the river They were ImmedIately ordered below The refugees were In a high pitch of excitement as they knew It was only a matter of time lime until the shIps opened fire At 3 o'clock Thursday afternoon the officer explained to o the refugees net the bombardment was soon to begin lIe He warned them to remain quIet and unafraId The Preston opened the ment closel closely followed by the Emera Emerald Em- Em I era erald d and Noa 1 The tiring firing roti- roti for an hour and a half the Emerald using bIg six Inch shells During the bombardment two or three women broke down under the strain of the events the others displayed dis- dis played fortitude the children apparently ap- ap enjoying themselves keepIng keeping keep keep- Ing close count of the shots From refugees who arrIved late Mrs Hutcheson learned that her home it Ir had been looted She said that before she went aboard the Noa oa fever had been burning among the troops who did not attack Chinese but threatened to kill every foreigner they met mElt Mrs irs J. J lI Ii or of New York City wife of the dean of the college college col- col lege of agriculture UniversIty of was aboard the Preston with her two children durIng the bombardment She sai said some foreigners for for- eigners escaped from the city in ChInese clothes She told how v the manager of the Bridge House hotel and hIs wife dressed In coolie clothes lay most of a day In a pIg pigsty sty hearIng the threats of mobs to kill foreigners EVACUATION ORDERLY The majority of the and refugees boarded the warships prior to the bombardment with the exception ot of the Hill group Another group or of was concentrated at the waterfront property of the British owned International Export com com- pany A member of thIs group described descrIbed de- de scrIbed the nIght long evacuation of the northern forces forc-es previous to Thursdays Thursday's outbreak as orderly These eyewitnesses say the northerners northerners north north- erners crossed the river In swarms by every conceivable able craft but offered offered of- of no violence to foreIgners Thursday morning the river r was practically cleared of this movement movement move move- ment of northerners northerner Then the southerners arrived and began to surround the buildings hundreds crying threats In the early afternoon afternoon after after- noon th they y began an attack and the under sailor guard evacuated in launches to the ships ships' under a running fire from the ban ft It was learned later that the export company which is the largest packing packIng pack pack- Ing plant in the orient was systematically tema looted Thursday night the sk sky was lurid with fires on both sides of the river Grant Whipple John R R. R Williams Da David Id Napier apler Mrs M f. F. F Keen and child Miss Jo Joy L L. Smith Miss Mills Alice Flenner Miss 1 Edna F Deb Deb- weiler Mrs W. W H H. Stuart Miss Elsa Logan Miss Helen E. E Whitaker ler ker Miss 1 Catherine Boe Boeye e Miss Bertha M. M Gless Miss Florence Nichles Miss Rachael Miss Helen Mrs B B. B F. F Brose Miss Esther N. N Miss M. M F. F Mayo Mrs F. F R n. Millican Millican Mil Mil- lican and one child Mrs bins A A. J J. Bowen Miss L L. Abbott Ss Mies Mil Mil- Bred dred Clelland lira W. W Lowder Lowder- milk and infant Mrs L. L H. H Lancaster Lancaster Lan Lan- caster an and two children Mrs bins lf H. M 1 Burwell MIss V. V Darrel Darcel Mrs W. W T. T McCafee and one child Mrs I R. R S S. S Lamson firs Ils H. H G G. Ronson Mrs and three children c Mr 11 and I C. C V Sorren Sorrell and one child Miss Margaret Lawrence Miss PaulIne Miss Maud 1 E. E Whipple Whip Whip- pIe Miss Elmo Elma Bertschin Miss Ruth M. M 1 Brittain I F. F W. W Dieterich Miss Rose Bothwell Mrs G 0 1 F Devol MIss J Lois Whipple Miss Faith Williams Mrs L. L L Bale lIale and four children Mrs C C. S. S Smith and one child Miss E. E C. C Shaw Miss M. M Mills Mrs G. G W V Loos and Infant Miss A. A Mrs D. D W. W Richardson and three children children chil- chil dren Mr fr and Mrs l H. H J J. Doolittle Doolittle Doo- Doo little and son Mrs W. W I F. Hummel four u children r Mrs J H. H h aRnd eisner sn and three c children Mrs M A. A J. J Harper Mrs or lf W Caldwell Mrs E. E Y V. Jones Mr and Mrs L. L W. W Shaw H. H Storrs Miss M. M 1 Winslett Mrs E E. E T T. Hobart Mrs C C. D. D Nichols Miss E. E Ploeg Mrs J. J K Davis anti two children Miss K Kolner Craig Crenshaw Miss J. J Wilson John Taylor Talor Mrs H. H Clemons and two children Mr and Mrs L. L E. E Reed toss L. L S. S Hammond Mr and Mrs Irs J. J B. B Gritting and three F. F C C. C Jordon Mr and Mrs R. R II Hartwell Miss A A. M. M Lowe P. P G. G G.- G. Barr D. D C. C Sims Mr Ir and Mrs A. A AJ H H. selles E E. C. C Mrs J. J n. n Daniels Daniels and two children Anna Crenshaw Martha Crenshaw Mrs A A. A C. C Hutcheson and three three- children Mary lary PrIce MIss M. M Nail Nall- In ing Mrs A. A H. H Reinhart and 3 chIldren j |